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RiCkY.D. Wrote: Jun 01, 2012 1:09 PM

How many republicans voted against this bill, and do we have a list of them all?

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Botticelli Wrote: Jun 01, 2012 1:43 PM

It doesn't matter. The Republican leadership designed the bill so that it would fail. They WANTED it to lose.

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Nana82 Wrote: Jun 01, 2012 4:46 PM

It sickens me to agree with Botti, but he's right. This was a cheap political stunt. Congress thinks we're stupid. Well, some of us were fooled. This bill could have passed easily if Repubs wanted it to. The count was way over what they needed for a simple majority.

It ticks me off.

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tnmccoy Wrote: Jun 03, 2012 5:11 PM

Botticelli, IF the Republicans did that, how did they do that? Or are you just repeating the Kool-Aid news of the day? And IF they did it, it might be because they knew the Democrats would kill any bill on the subject, and the Republicans just wanted to have them do it in public---instead of behind closed doors.

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Democrats Kill Bill Banning Sex Selective Abortion

Democrats in the House of Representatives have voted down a bill that would ban sex selective abortions after two videos surfaced this week showing Planned Parenthood employees advising women about how to abort their child should it be a girl instead of a boy. LifeNews has more:

The legislation needed a two-thirds vote and Democrats voted overwhelmingly against the legislation after President Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood came out in opposition.

With a 246-168 vote, the bill did not obtain the two-thirds majority necessary to pass. Republicans voted for the bill on...

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